Combined stand, waxing device, and cleaner for flat-irons.



R. T. BLAKELEY.

COMBINED STAND, WAXING DEVICE, AND CLEANER FOR FLAT IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

WITNESSES m I'IHIWIZHIIL' 9H7? ATTORNEY OOLUMIIA PIANOCIIAPH (0.,WASHINGTON. u. c.

CITE. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT T. BLAKELEY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HEATONWRIGHT, TRUSTEE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED STAND, WAXING DEVICE, AND CLEANER FOR FLAT-IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1 2, 1912.

Application filed April 18, 1911. Serial No. 621.838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnu'r T. Brauucnny, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Stands, taxing Devices, and Cleaners for Flatlrons; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combinedstand, waxing device and cleaner for flat irons, and has for its objectto provide an exceedingly useful and efficient device of thisdescription and one which is readily operated and not at all likely toget out of order.

With these ends in View my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described andthen particularly pointed out in the claims which conclude thisdescription.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement,Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof with the stand wires elevated, Fig. 3 aside elevation with the stand wires depressed and a flat iron restingthereon, and Fig. 4 a vertical cross section at the line :0, m, of Fig.2.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figuresof the drawing.

1 is any suitable base, preferably of metal, and 2 a sheet of waxingcompound supported within said base and projecting slightly above thesame, the upper surface of said sheet having suitably spacedtransversely extending gutters 3.

4 are stand wires whose upper portions are parallel with each other andextend in a horizontal plane above the waxing compound and are depressedas seen at 4 to provide supports for the flat iron. These wires 4 extenddownwardly and are pivoted at 5 to opposite sides of the base 1, so thatit will be clear that these stand wires may be swung downwardly towardthe waxing sheet.

6 are coil springs whose extremities are secured to pins 7 projectingfrom opposite sides of the base and to the stand wires, the function ofthese springs being to normally hold said wires in elevated position.The

lower ends of these wires beyond the pivotal points are bent at 9 andprojected within slots 8 formed in the sides of the base. and when thestand wires are in the proper elevated position to which they have beenbrought by the action of said springs said ends will strike against thelower walls of said slots and thereby prevent the overthrow of thewires.

The depressed portions elf not only act as supports for the iron, butwhen the latter is thrown forward to collapse the stand wires suchdepressed portions will-enter the gutters 3 and therefore permit theflat under surface of the iron to come into contact with the waxcompound 2, and when the iron is raised from said compound, thesedepressed portions will of course follow closely against the undersurface of the iron. and the drawing or backward scraping of the ironagainst said portions will clean the surface of the iron from surpluswax, but of course it will be clearly understood that this surface ofthe iron may be readily cleansed by rubbing the same back and forthagainst the wires if desired.

Of course, it will be readily understood that the main objectofdepressing the central portions of the horizontal members of the standwires is to enable those portions to come fully within the gutters 3when said wires are collapsed thus enabling the under surface of theiron to come in contact with the waxing compound.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described,comprising a base, a waxing compound supported thereby and havingtransverse gutters. and spring actuated stand wires pivoted to said baseand capable of being collapsed within said gutters.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a waxingcompound supported thereby and projecting above the upper horizontalplane thereof and pro vidcd with spaced transversely extending gutters,stand wires having depressed horizontal portions transversely disposedabove said compound and downwardly extending end portions that arepivoted to opposite sides of said base, and springs for normallyelevating said wires above said compound, whereby when said wires arecollapsed with a flat iron resting thereon said depressed portions willenter said gutters and said iron brought into contact with said compound.

8. In a combined stand, waxing device and cleaner for flat irons, thecombination of a base, a waxing compound sheet supported thereby andprojecting thereabove and having formed therein spaced gutters whichextend transversely across the face of said compound, and resilientlyuplifted collapsible supports for the iron which supports in collapsedposition are wholly contained within said gutters whereby the bottom ofsaid iron will be brought in contact with said waxing compound.

4. In a combined stand, waxing device and cleaner for flat irons, thecombination of a base having oppositely disposed slots in its sides, asheet of waxing compound supported by said base and projectingthereabove and having formed therein spaced gutters which extendtransversely across the face of said compound, spaced stand wiresextending transversely above said base and having depressed centralportions and with their end port-ions bent at right angles and pivotedto opposite sides of said base the extreme ends of said wires beyond thepivotal points bent and extended within said slots, and springs whoseextremities are secured to pins extending from the sides of said baseand to said wires whereby the latter are normally returned to elevatedposition with said extreme ends in abutment against the lower walls ofsaid slots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT T. BLAKELEY.

\Vitnesses F. N. SMITH, J12, M/I. LONGDEN.

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Washington, D. C.

